Background: ITC, with a turnover in excess of $7bn, is a market leader in Cigarettes with about 70+% volume share and 85+% value share. Cigarette business is a cash cow accounting for 50% for Sales and ~ 81% of EBIT. To diversify away from cigarettes with a long term perspective, they have other businesses such as FMCG, Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging, Agri-Exports, Branded Apparel & Stationery. ITC also a rural initiative with 6500 `e-choupal's aimed at farmers for procurement, information dissemination, distribution etc. ITC's strengths are (1) extensive distribution (2) strong brands across price...